日本知识产权民事诉讼制度及其启示

The Civil Action System of Intellectual Property in Japan and Its Inspiration to China

日本通过司法改革,建立了新的知识产权诉讼制度,目的是提高知识产权纠纷解决效率、更好地保护知识产权法律关系,以充分体现和落实知识产权立国理念。日本的知识产权诉讼在很多方面有自己的特点,比如建立了知识产权法院、专家参加案件的审理、法官可以对专利无效的抗辩进行审理、注重商业秘密的保护等。日本知识产权民事诉讼制度对中国完善知识产权诉讼制度的探讨具有启发意义。中国应借鉴日本经验建立知识产权上诉法院,保障知识产权专家参与案件审理,在知识产权侵权诉讼中引入无效抗辩制度。

Through the judicial reform,Japan establishes new intellectual property litigation system, the purpose of which is to enhance the efficiency of resolving intellectual property disputes, to defend the legal relation of intellectual property better,and reflects and realizes fully the idea of using intellectual property as one of the nation-founding policies. Japan＇s intellectual property litigation has their own characteristics in many ways,such as establishing intellectual property courts,experts＇ participation in such cases, judges＇ trial for invalid claims of the patent,and paying attention to the protection of commercial secrets, etc. Ja- pan＇s intellectual property litigation system has some inspirations to China which devotes herself to perfect her own. China should learn from Japan and tries to establish the appellate court of intellectual property rights, ensure experts＇ participation in such trials, and introduce the invalid defense system in the infringe- ment action of intellectual property.